Yu Yang is both a scholar and a moving-image artist whose work bridges academic research and creative practice. He holds an M.A. in Fine Arts from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in Artistic Studies from the University of Lisbon. Currently, he serves as a tenured lecturer at the School of Fine Arts, Zhengzhou University, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon.
As a scholar, Yu Yang’s research focuses on transcendental style in cinema, spirituality and ambiguity in visual culture, and intercultural aesthetics across East and Southeast Asia. His doctoral work was recognized by t…
Yu Yang is both a scholar and a moving-image artist whose work bridges academic research and creative practice. He holds an M.A. in Fine Arts from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in Artistic Studies from the University of Lisbon. Currently, he serves as a tenured lecturer at the School of Fine Arts, Zhengzhou University, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon.
As a scholar, Yu Yang’s research focuses on transcendental style in cinema, spirituality and ambiguity in visual culture, and intercultural aesthetics across East and Southeast Asia. His doctoral work was recognized by the Association of Moving Image Researchers (AIM) in Portugal with the Best Postgraduate Student Work Award (2024), and he has published multiple peer-reviewed articles on film criticism, cultural heritage, and visual arts.
As an artist, Yu Yang explores the intersection of poetic imagery and spiritual experience through moving images, video installations, and short films. His works have been screened internationally, including at the Festival of Cinema NYC, and his video art was showcased at the Arte Laguna Prize (2023) and supported by residency and film grants from Australia and Russia.
Combining theoretical depth with artistic sensibility, Yu Yang continues to investigate how visual forms express transcendence, silence, and ambiguity across different cultural contexts.
